Helmut Pottmann is a professor of Applied Geometry and director of the Center for Geometryand Computational Design at Vienna University of Technology. From 2009-2013, he has been the director of the Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. His research interests are in Applied Geometry and Visual Computing, in particular in Geometric Modeling, Geometry Processing and most recently in Geometric Computing for Architecture and Manufacturing. He has coauthored two books (one on Architectural Geometry) and more than 200 articles.

About McNeel

Founded in 1980, McNeel is a privately-held, employee-owned company with sales and support offices and affiliates in Seattle, Boston, Miami, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai with more than 700 resellers, distributors, OEMs, and training centers around the world.